TY  - BOOK
AU  - Humphrey Deogratias Mazigo
AU  - Antonio Montresor 
TI  - Validating a questionnaire to identify women in first trimester of pregnancy during preventive chemotherapy interventions against soil-transmitted helminths in North-western Tanzania
PY  - 2019////8/4
CY  - Mwanza:  
PB  - Research Square &, Tanzania Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando]
N2  - Abstract

Background Women of reproductive age carry a large burden of disease from soil-transmitted helminths infections. Preventive chemotherapy with anthelminthic is an effective treatment to control soiltransmitted helminths morbidity. However, as a precautionary measure, the treatment of pregnant women is recommended only after the first trimester. This has resulted in many women of reproductive age be denied treatment because of doubt on their pregnancy status. The standard assessments of the pregnancy status (ie urine pregnancy rapid test or blood test) are too expensive to be used in mass drug administration campaigns. Thus, use of a simple alternative approach is recommended. The present study was conducted to evaluate the performances of a questionnaire in assessing the pregnancy status of women of reproductive age during preventive chemotherapy interventions
UR  -  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5219-6234
ER  -